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Yeap that's right around when the neolithic era of agriculture first started in the levant region (Natufian Culture) although i assume that raising cattle for dairy purposes probably didnt start much later until around 5,000 b.c. in the British Isles and Northern Europe since most of the worlds population outside that region is lactose intolerant.
Hmm i don't know enough about that .... however an interesting comparison between the agriculture staples of dairy and grains (european ancestry) and that is on one side of the linear graph the farther up towards NW Europe you go the higher rates of celiac disease (grain intolerance) are found in people and heading the opposite way as the further down you go towards SE Europe the higher rates of lactose intolerance are found in people as that shows where the ancient neolithic grain farmers ''first'' resided as well as where those ancient dairy farmers were located at (10,000 b.c. - 5,000 b.c.) .
Of course as many people have no problem with either as we mutate genetically to our enviroment (food, air, water, sun exposure, temperatures etc.) when exposed over the millenia however i do believe that lactose intolerance is more problematic amongst the worlds population than is celiac disease. My thought on that is that not only did grain cultivation start several millenia earlier but also it was easier to transport grain seeds around the world back then than to move dairy cattle at great distances hence on a ''macro'' level most of the world today is lactose intolerant except in northern European ancestry where it was first domesticated and consumed.
It could be that there were goats around in areas where people could not tolerate cow milk. I had read that goat milk was closer to a mother's milk, anyway. So goat milk could be more likely to drink goat milk.
That is, if goats had been domesticated in the time period we are talking about.
It could be that there were goats around in areas where people could not tolerate cow milk. I had read that goat milk was closer to a mother's milk, anyway. So goat milk could be more likely to drink goat milk.
That is, if goats had been domesticated in the time period we are talking about.
Yeah i imagine that goats milk has lactose as well and i believe that goats were used in nomadic cultures back then which allowed them to travel farther than cattle and so maybe the peoples of the Eurasian Steppes and mountainous areas (russia, mongolia, afghanistan, pakistan etc.) probably can consume milk or at least at higher rates outside of northern Europe.
Yeah i imagine that goats milk has lactose as well and i believe that goats were used in nomadic cultures back then which allowed them to travel farther than cattle and so maybe the peoples of the Eurasian Steppes and mountainous areas (russia, mongolia, afghanistan, pakistan etc.) probably can consume milk or at least at higher rates outside of northern Europe.
Cool thread you started here brian
Yeah you have point. Goats can eat just about anything.
The link states ''Forbidden'' although you can compare on wikipedia.
BTW with the exception of faulty genetics all humans produce lactase from birth to about age 2 as we are designed to consume our mothers milk however most humans lactase producing genes are down regulated after that age.
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